Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lille

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille

*Archidioecesis Metropolitae Insulensis*

Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Lille
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille; Archidioecesis Metropolitae Insulensis; Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Lille
	Lille Cathedral
Location
Country	France
Ecclesiastical province	Lille
Statistics
Area	2,288 km2 (883 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2021); 1,642,330; 1,131,415 (68.9%)
Parishes	106
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	25 October 1913 (as Diocese of Lille); 29 March 2008 (as Archdiocese of Lille)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Lille
Patron saint	Notre-Dame de la Treille
Secular priests	246 (Diocesan); 57 (Religious Orders); 104 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Laurent Le Boulc'h
Suffragans	Archdiocese of Cambrai; Diocese of Arras
Bishops emeritus	Gérard Defois (Archbishop emeritus); Gérard Coliche (Auxiliary bishop emeritus)
Map
Website
	Website of the Archdiocese

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Insulensis; French: Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Lille)^{[pronunciation?]} is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France.

Its cathedral episcopal see is a Marian Minor Basilica: Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Treille, in Lille, Nord, Hauts-de-France.

History

Erected on 25 October 1913 originally as the Diocese of Lille, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cambrai, on territory split off from the then Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai, it encompasses the arrondissements of Dunkerque and Lille, within the department of Nord in the Region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

It was elevated to a Metropolitan Archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on March 29, 2008.

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and two suffragan sees :

its formerly Metropolitan mother the Archdiocese of Cambrai
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras.^[1]

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lille

Alexis-Armand Charost (21 November 1913 – 18 June 1920)^[2]
Hector-Raphaël Quilliet (18 June 1920 – retired 23 March 1928)^[3]
Achille Liénart (6 October 1928 – 7 March 1968)^[4]
Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand (7 March 1968 – retired 13 August 1983)^[5]
Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet (13 August 1983 – retired 2 July 1998)^[6]
Gérard Defois (2 July 1998 – retired 1 February 2008)^[7]
Laurent Ulrich (1 February 2008 – 29 March 2008)^[8]

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lille

Laurent Ulrich (29 March 2008 – 26 April 2022)
Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h (1 April 2023 – present)

References

^ "Daily Bulletin - Elevazione di Lille (Francia) a Chiesa Metropolitana e Nomina del Primo Arcivescovo Metropolita" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2008-03-29. Archived from the original on 2008-06-07. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
^ Charost was previously Titular Bishop of Miletopolis (1913.02.14 – 1913.11.21) & Auxiliary Bishop of mother archdiocese Cambrai (France) (1913.02.14 – 1913.11.21); later Titular Archbishop of Chersona (1920.06.15 – 1921.09.22) & Coadjutor Archbishop of Rennes (1920.06.15 – 1921.09.22), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (Brittany, France) (1921.09.22 – 1930.11.07), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1922.12.14 – 1930.11.07)
^ Quilliet was previously Bishop of Limoges (France) (1913; emeritate as Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis (1928.03.23 – 1928.11.26)
^ Liénart was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1930.07.03 – death 1973.02.15), Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (Pontigny, France) (1954.11.12 – retired 1964.11.30)
^ Gand succeeded as former Coadjutor Bishop of Lille (1964.05.19 – 1968.03.07) & Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor (1964.05.19 – 1968.03.07)
^ Vilnet had previously been Bishop of Saint-Dié (France) (1964.09.24 – 1983.08.13); also President of Bishops’ Conference of France (1981 – 1987)
^ Defois had previously been Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (1990.07.26 – 1990.12.21), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France) (1990.12.21 – 1995.09.04), Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1995.09.04 – 1998.07.02)
^ Ulrich had formerly been Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France) (2000.06.06 – 2002.12.08), demoted Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (2002.12.08 – 2008.02.01), Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France (2007.11.05 – 2013.06.30)

Sources

Books

Société bibliographique (France) (1907). L'épiscopat français depuis le Concordat jusqu'à la Séparation (1802-1905). Paris: Librairie des Saints-Pères.

External links

(in French) Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919, retrieved: 2016-12-24.
Official Website
Entry of the Archdiocese of Lille on Catholic Hierarchy^{[self-published source?]}
GCatholic.org with links to incumbent pages^{[self-published source?]}

50°38′24″N 3°03′47″E / 50.64°N 3.06308°E / 50.64; 3.06308

[1] "Daily Bulletin - Elevazione di Lille (Francia) a Chiesa Metropolitana e Nomina del Primo Arcivescovo Metropolita" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2008-03-29. Archived from the original on 2008-06-07. Retrieved 2008-03-30.

[2] Charost was previously Titular Bishop of Miletopolis (1913.02.14 – 1913.11.21) & Auxiliary Bishop of mother archdiocese Cambrai (France) (1913.02.14 – 1913.11.21); later Titular Archbishop of Chersona (1920.06.15 – 1921.09.22) & Coadjutor Archbishop of Rennes (1920.06.15 – 1921.09.22), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (Brittany, France) (1921.09.22 – 1930.11.07), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1922.12.14 – 1930.11.07)

[3] Quilliet was previously Bishop of Limoges (France) (1913; emeritate as Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis (1928.03.23 – 1928.11.26)

[4] Liénart was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1930.07.03 – death 1973.02.15), Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (Pontigny, France) (1954.11.12 – retired 1964.11.30)

[5] Gand succeeded as former Coadjutor Bishop of Lille (1964.05.19 – 1968.03.07) & Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor (1964.05.19 – 1968.03.07)

[6] Vilnet had previously been Bishop of Saint-Dié (France) (1964.09.24 – 1983.08.13); also President of Bishops’ Conference of France (1981 – 1987)

[7] Defois had previously been Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (1990.07.26 – 1990.12.21), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France) (1990.12.21 – 1995.09.04), Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1995.09.04 – 1998.07.02)

[8] Ulrich had formerly been Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France) (2000.06.06 – 2002.12.08), demoted Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (2002.12.08 – 2008.02.01), Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France (2007.11.05 – 2013.06.30)

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